By Gladys Kole The local authority in Akobo County has bitterly dismissed the alleged shifting of allegiance by traditional chiefs to President Salva Kiir’s camp, the SPLM, saying that it’s a ‘concocted’ propaganda by anti-peace elements. This comes after a ‘wild’ propaganda surfaced on social media alleging that the traditional authority of Akobo West had declared their allegiance to[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David President Salva Kiir Mayardit has called on the two warring generals in Sudan to prioritize safety of civilians and cease hostilities to give room for mediators to intervene for peaceful to prevail. The forces of two rival generals fought intense street battles in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on Friday, witnesses[Read More…]

By William Madouk The Directorate of Civil Registry Immigration Passport and Nationality (DCRIPN) is facing a worsening regular passport crisis due to stock-out of passport booklets brought by the government’s failure to pay 1.74 million US dollar debts to a contracted Dutch firm. The immigration announced a temporary stoppage for[Read More…]

By William Madouk The former minister of Interior, Paul Mayom Akech, bitterly denied authoring a ‘strange’ document that mooted for the removal of the national minister of Information over ‘reckless’ comments. A 5-page-long letter dated April 16, 2023 and titled ‘Political Betrayals and Disguise: A Case Against Michael Makuei Lueth[Read More…]

By William Madouk The National Constitutional Amendment Committee (NCAC) has appealed to President Salva Kiir to intervene and expedite the payment of national staff arrears. ​On early March, the committee ceased all its operations due to non-payment of dues by the national government. The 15-member committee said they have not[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri The Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare yesterday handed over the Women Empowerment Bill to the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. Speaking to the press, the acting Undersecretary at the Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare Regina Ossa Lullo acknowledged handover of[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David President Salva Kiir has said the IGAD mediation team on Khartoum talks will never land the Sudanese Capital until the principals to the conflict render the green light for intervention noting that the ongoing situation is risky and brutal for the parties to agree. President Kiir[Read More…]

By Gladys Kole South Sudan oil dependent economy is bracing for the worse days ahead as the armed conflict in Sudan is mildly affecting oil exploration and exportation activities. The country uses the Sudan oil pipeline to export its oil to the international market through Port Sudan. Petroleum Minister, Puot[Read More…]

By Emelda Siama John Lopula Liquid Telecom (now re-branded as Liquid Intelligent Technologies), has launched Africa’s digital future intelligent cyber security on cloud investment to reduce the cause of using business cloud.“The cloud adoption is not a one-time event; instead, it’s an incremental and continuous process that varies from business to business. At Liquid we help organizations move to the cloud with[Read More…]

By Jurugo Emmanuel Ogasto A section of government secondary school teachers accompanied by none teaching staff have stormed Adjumani district headquarters at Aulogo II to protest delayed payment of their salary. The aggrieved teachers and the none teaching staff said they have not received their salaries for the last two[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The speaker of the Revitalized Transitional National Legislative Assembly Jemma Nunu Kumba has warned the cabinet against halting bills that have already been passed urging them to speedily table them before the parliament for deliberation and enactment into law. Speaking after the extra ordinary parliamentary seating[Read More…]

By Yang After Yang The governor of Lakes State, Rin Tueny Mabor has launched the State customary law and public order acts, 2022 in Rumbek on Tuesday.The launch of Lakes State customary law and public order acts was attended by members of State transitional legislative assembly, civil society, women, Youth, UNMISS human rights Representatives, chiefs and government[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The chairperson of the Revitalized Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC) has called on the parliament to pressurize political parties to submit names of their members on the reconstitution of the constitutional review committee as the roadmap is soon reaching deadline. Speaking during presentation of report[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri The National Examination Council has declared the results of the Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) for the year 2022 yesterday in Juba. The National Minister of General Education and Instruction Martin Tako Moyi said the total number of candidates who were registered for the examination[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri The Government of the Republic of South Sudan has not been audited for the last thirteen years. Speaking yesterday at the second day workshop conducted for the Director Generals in the respective organs of the government, held in Juba, the Deputy Auditor General Tombe Lukak[Read More…]

By Jurugo Emmanuel Ogasto With the onset of the rainy season, several farmers, including South Sudanese refugees residing in the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement in Yumbe district, have been supported with farm inputs and seeds as part of efforts to address food insecurity in the camps.The intervention comes at a time[Read More…]